[Gllug] Norman Lamb MP

[Tethys]

Nix writes:

>Indeed; an average of 30,000 mutation events per day per cell (most
>caused by free radicals, not radiation). All but a vanishingly small
>fraction are fixed immediately (or we'd all be dead).

Yep, but ultimately, that's the reason that we *do* die. The mutations
and transcription errors, although few and far between, over time add up,
and eventually make us non-viable.

Tet

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